You've
probably been told or have read that you should order your wedding cake 3-6 months
in advance.
Can
you say, "Sure I'm fine with my 3rd
or 4th choice of wedding cake bakers."
It
could happen if you follow that out-dated piece of philosophy.
You
should look at booking the date of your wedding cake like choosing a nice reception
site. Would you wait 3-6 months before your wedding and expect to reserve your
first choice?
Let
me elaborate on this a little further.
Prior
to 2000-2005, the majority of wedding cakes in Omaha were sold by family operated
bakeries or grocery store bakeries that had really good cake decorators. There
were a few home bakers and small cake boutiques, but they were in the minority.
Contrast
that with many of today's professional Omaha wedding cake bakers; they work from a one
or two person boutique or from a state licensed home bakery, usually by
themselves.
Sure,
there are still your old fashion family run bakeries and select grocery stores
that employ very talented wedding cake designers, but now they are in the
minority.
Understanding
this new dynamic explains why the 3-6 month rule is outdated. The home baker
and cake boutiques typically don't have large walk-in coolers to store 10
wedding cakes or 8 people to help them.
Therefore,
just like most reception sites, many wedding cake designers only have
availability for a single wedding cake or between 1-3 wedding cakes per
weekend.
If
the best bakers according to your price range only create one magical wedding
cake per weekend, you could wind up ordering your wedding cake from your 3rd or
4th choice if you choose to follow the 3-6 month rule.
My suggestion: Do some early wedding cake shopping and reserve
your #1 baker as soon as possible.
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